Scientists are calling for more research after a Swedish study found evidence that children conceived through in vitro fertilization are four times more likely of developing certain birth defects, and have a much higher risk of developing childhood cancers.
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IVF: Assisted or Artifical? by Melissa Foley
Get this. In 1971, the UK Medical Research Council refused on ethical grounds Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, the first scientists to successfully use IVF, long-term support for their medical and scientific research on “Studies on Human Reproduction”. The Council was concerned with “patient safety and offspring abnormality”. However, the team moved forward with a large amount of private money and made history with the birth of the first “test-tube baby,” Louise Brown. Read the rest…
Couple Aborts Twin Boys in Quest for Daughter
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An Australian couple who recently aborted twin boys because they are determined to have a daughter, is petitioning the courts to allow them to choose the sex of their next child.
Mother Gives Birth to Homosexual Son’s Child
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A 50 year-old woman in Mexico has given birth to the child of her son, a homosexual businessman who was yearning for a baby.
Fertility Clinic Mixup Ends in Abortion
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In another example of the incredible waste of human life that takes place routinely in fertility clinics around the world, a British woman who conceived after receiving another couple’s embryo by mistake decided to abort the child. The aborted baby was the couple’s final embryo and their last hope for a child.
British Health Officials Say Couples Must be Told of IVF Risks
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The British Government is requiring that all couples seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments must be warned that children conceived through this method have a 30 percent increased risk of birth defects and health problems.
Vatican Condemns Plans to Inseminate Woman with Sperm from Comatose Man
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Vatican officials are denouncing the plans of a controversial Italian doctor to artificially inseminate a woman with the sperm of her comatose husband who slipped into unconsciousness just as the couple was planning to conceive.
